Subject: Re: SCSI in 1.6 ?
To: Chris Gilbert <chris@paradox.demon.co.uk>
From: Mike Pumford <mpumford@black-star.demon.co.uk>
List: port-acorn32
Date: 08/04/2002 19:56:01
> > There's a patch in GNATS for the Connect32, which is tested and brings
> > the card to a stable polling mode, while the Cumana-II is still
> > deactivated, although it runs quite well in polling mode.
> > Yes, the kernel config file says, it doesn't work, but as I type I
> > copy the whole /usr onto a fresh formatted and mounted SCSI disc.
> 
> grr, gnats sucks, I'm not sure who's the port-arm32-maintainer but I suspect
> it might be just mark, so that it had been updated got missed.
> 
Its a possibility but AFAIK it should have gone to port-acorn32-maintainer 
when they were transferred. Perhaps that hasn't happened as it should.

I did let Reinoud know when I submitted the patches but IIRC he was swamped at 
the time.

> > Thus the Cumana-II driver should be simply activated, and the patch
> > from #13350 should be included, so people can try to install and use
> > their SCSI devices.
> 
> is the patch still valid against -current?  (I've not tried to fight gnats
> to extract the patch yet)
I can e-mail you a tar ball if you want. I can also check it against current 
if you want.

> I hate to say it but the changes may make it into -current, but it's too
> late to get pulled into 1.6, would probably make it into 1.6.1 though
> 
The Cumana one ought to be possible for 1.6 since it closes a PR and all that 
is actually required is a one line change to the kernel configuration file so 
that it actually gets compiled into the kernel. Or is it too late for event 
tiny changes like that?

Mike